Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Introduction to Demandbase: 

Demandbase helps B2B companies hit their revenue goals using fewer resources. How? By using the power of AI to identify and engage the accounts and buying groups most likely to purchase. Our account-based technology unites sales and marketing teams around insights that you can understand and facilitates quick actions across systems and channels to deliver big wins. It’s flexible, scalable ABM built for you.

As a company, we prioritize both the advancement of careers and the development of world-class technology. We invest heavily in people, our culture, and the communities around us. We have offices strategically located in San Francisco and New York in the US, and Hyderabad, in India and we embrace a hybrid work model in these regions. Outside of these areas we offer a remote work option and boast a significant presence in Austin, TX, Atlanta, GA, and London, UK. Continuously lauded as a great place to work, we are Great Place to Work Certified, and have earned distinctions such as "Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area,"Best Workplaces in Technology," "Best Workplaces for Millennials," and "Best Workplaces for Parents"!

We're committed to attracting, developing, retaining, and promoting a diverse workforce. By ensuring that every Demandbase employee is able to bring a diversity of talents to work, we're increasingly capable of achieving our mission to transform the way B2B companies go to market. We encourage people from historically underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. Come grow with us at Demandbase!

About the Role: 

Demandbase is seeking a forward-thinking Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)  to join our senior leadership team. Reporting to the CFO, this role serves as the strategic and operational leader of our global security program—driving enterprise-wide security initiatives, leading world-class talent, and safeguarding the integrity of our products, infrastructure, and data.  You will be responsible for leading enterprise-wide security, including product security, as well as IT. 

You will shape and execute a modern security vision in alignment with our position as a category-defining B2B marketing and advertising technology company. We’re looking for an executive with deep expertise in cloud-native environments, SaaS security at scale, and a sharp eye for emerging threats and compliance challenges in 2025 and beyond.

This is a highly cross-functional and visible role—collaborating with engineering, legal, privacy, product, and infrastructure teams while serving as the public face of security to our customers and the broader community.

The base compensation range for this position is: $237,000 - $355,000

Key Responsibilities:

• AI Productivity Strategy
  Drive Demandbase’s AI productivity strategy by enabling responsible, high-impact adoption of AI-powered tools and platforms across the organization. Partner with cross-functional leaders to ensure AI usage enhances efficiency, supports innovation, and aligns with security, privacy, and compliance standards.
• AI/ML Security Readiness
  Anticipate and mitigate emerging risks related to AI and machine learning, including generative models, LLM usage, and automation platforms. Establish governance and technical controls to ensure safe AI adoption, protect model inputs and outputs, and maintain compliance with evolving AI-related regulations and frameworks.
• Strategy & Execution
  Develop and evolve a long-term, risk-based information security strategy that protects Demandbase’s digital assets, customer data, and IP across products and internal systems.
• Lead & Scale
  Build, lead, and mentor a global, high-performing team of security experts across disciplines (engineering, operations, and risk). Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Governance & Risk
  Own the global information security governance framework and IT risk management programs. Establish and report on controls, policies, KPIs, and risk indicators for executive leadership and the Board.
• Cloud & Product Security
  Partner with engineering and DevOps to embed security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure. Ensure secure-by-design practices for all cloud-native and customer-facing products.
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